Microsoft to make Russia's Yandex default search engine on Windows 10

Users in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine will be offered Yandex when upgrading to Windows 10. (Source: Reuters)

Russia's biggest search engine Yandex on Tuesday said Microsoft would offer it as the default homepage and search tool for Internet browsers across its Windows 10 platform in Russia and several other countries.

"The companies have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, under which users in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine will be offered Yandex when upgrading to Windows 10," Yandex said in a statement.